The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-11
YOREsT FIRLs.
ACRES eY GRAIN DESTROYED.

DsrRoIr, MICH, August l0.-A gen.
tlemsn who travelled yesterday through
the burning "thumb" Of the Lower
Peninsula says meadow and bush fires
are everywhere. Acres Of cut grsin
and miles OF fencing have been de.
stroyed. Several barns and q number
OF cattle are reported burned In the
interior, but definite news has not yet
been received. At nieht the scene IA
wild and weird. Isols,ed houses stand
In the center a burning feds and
their destruction teeus cert ain. Last
week Bad Axe set med doomed, but a
sudden change OF wind drove the fire
away. The farmers arc pufferipg
greatly. A, the Str-its Of MackinGc
the emoke Ia 81 dsnse that much
trouble Is experienced by vessel men
In making tie pasfsge. la many parts
OF tie sta:e the fJs are email and
scattered, but the total lois will be
heavy.
RAIN AT LAsT-D4 MACK DINE.
NnwAgEEK, Wis, August l0.-Last
nigh's storm wa petty general
thronghou. the North gtsi, accortiug
10 reports received ~ the railway
Offices and government si7nal station.
At Milwaukee. Or On Bay ard 81.
Paul the rair-'All wsss quarter OF an
inch. AT Duluth ard LaUr Pa only q
trace oJ rail was reported. Rain was
reported ttis m0tn'Dg from the hast
legs and ID kcta divisioo ~ he Chi.
cego, Milwaukee and 81 Paul road.
The long drouth in this State NAV be
eonsidyre ~ broken. Reports from
the lumteS districts where forest fires
were isgirg are % the effect that the
rain has cb'cksd tie pfrgress Of the
flames and given relief for toe time be-
ing.
specials 10 the Wisconsin from the
interior a lac State indicate that the
wind storm which accompanied the
rain was very violent, and that much
damage has recalled la consequence
In the vicinity Of Waupun hayatacks
and barns were lrvsled on all sides. A
number a 6ne new buildinge ON the
farm OF John Burnham, Of Nil saukee,
were completely demolished. Frank
johnson, farmer, living two miles
south OF Wrupun, was buried under
the debris OF his barn and killed.
Az Portage, a large number OF build.
ings on the far grounds wero demol.
ished, and the corn crop In that sec.
ton almost ruined A number OF
bridges In Fon Du Lac county we're
swept away.
AT Horizon, a number OF buildings
were unreoied. A regular panic en-.
sued on Horizon marsh, which was
filed with lawmakers when the storm
struck, and tents, wagons, haystacks,
ETC., were rent flying In every dlrec.
ton. One report says that six men
were killed, bot this Is undoubtedly a
mistake and arose from the fact that
the barn Of Fred Pegalow was wrecked
near Rolling Prairie and elk head oil
cattle killed.
Ignatius Jan'E, a farmer, was killed
BY lightning near Ripon. Apple and
other trees in the path Of the storm
were stripped OF their fruit. The rain
has Byelltd the streams In Han ClAii
souuNyt hhu lho P'vrPtefo VI moNAnf
the hungup log drives lie good.
Al Nashville, Wood county, light
ming struck the barn OF J. y. Kohlof
Destroying n, together with tevcrsI
head Of live stock, buggy, thirty toni
Of hay, nine acres Of wheat and loI
OF farming utensils. The loss is fully
$500.
AT BKtLEviLtK, MICH.
BKLLIvIILK, Mion., August TO-
PoIeet hies are reg ng two miles south
OF here, aud May acres Of timber
have slready been destroyed.
the ourL ,oK WORSE.
CHICAGO, lit, August l0.-The tel
egraph wires, crossing and recroesioe
tho vast area a c uatry that has been
parching and blsckening for lack o.
l.